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Should I start Bhayshul Tuten or Omarion Hampton in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 2:21 PM ET.

Week 8 verdict

Start Omarion Hampton over Bhayshul Tuten

Hampton projects lower, 7.8 to 14.9, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 20 for Hampton, 53 for Tuten.

Start

RB · LAC · at LAR

Market projects
7.8
recent weeks avg
LAR D vs RB
20.6
14th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
33 of 100 at RB
Snap share
46%
Through Week 6
Target share
6%
Through Week 6
Sit

RB · JAX · vs IND

Market projects
14.9
fantasy pts
IND D vs RB
22.0
13th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Rising
74 of 100 at RB
Snap share
56%
Through Week 6
Target share
8%
Through Week 6
Start Hampton or Tuten? The full Week 8 breakdown

Start Omarion Hampton over Bhayshul Tuten in Week 8. Hampton projects lower, 7.8 to 14.9, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 20 for Hampton, 53 for Tuten.

Should I drop Omarion Hampton for Bhayshul Tuten?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bhayshul Tuten projects 121 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.1 a game over 10 games), Omarion Hampton 66 (6.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Bhayshul Tuten. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB12 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 5-1

Market-based projection
15.0 pts a game

RB43 · LAC · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Overall rank
144

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The gap

  • Board size301 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bhayshul Tuten, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.

The market-based projections

Bhayshul Tuten's market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 34th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Omarion Hampton's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 56 percent of JAX snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 5 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 3.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 17 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he carried 22 times for 72 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he carried 12 times for 39 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 48 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 6, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 46 percent of LAC snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 9 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 14 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He carried 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 more yards.

That came to 5-6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bhayshul Tuten was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 9.2 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 that year and Omarion Hampton RB35.

Omarion Hampton had 41 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 124 to 83.

Omarion Hampton had 22 more catches than Bhayshul Tuten, 32 to 10.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 46 percent.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger share of the carries, 58 percent against 47 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Omarion Hampton has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Omarion Hampton for Bhayshul Tuten?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Bhayshul Tuten projects 121 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.1 a game over 10 games), Omarion Hampton 66 (6.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Bhayshul Tuten. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

  • Should I drop Bhayshul Tuten for Omarion Hampton?

    No. Keep Bhayshul Tuten: he projects 121 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.1 a game over 10 games), Omarion Hampton 66 (6.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Bhayshul Tuten.

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